Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-23
WASHINGTON.
A Competing TranscontinentaI Route
Not Subject to Inter- State CON-
merCe Restrictions.
Special Weather and Crop Bulletin Is
sued by the Signal Office for Past
Week-F6YOrable Outlook.
Proceedings Before the Inter State Com
merco Commissioned Protest from
Citizens of MARSHALL.
APPLYING FOR A BOND.


WASHINGTON, May 22.-The Pacific
Coast Steamship Company, operating be-
tween San francisco and Port Moody, B.
c., recently spilled to the Treasury De.
partment for permission to bond as 8
common carrier for transportation dutia-
BILE goods and merchandise passing in
transit from one point to another in the
United States. The purpose is to trans
fer by steamer from San Franci SEQ to
Port Moody, thence over the Canadian
Pacific Railroad and it's connections to
New York, Boston, Chicago, and other
American ports. The application was
approved by Secretary Fairchild, and in
structions have been sent to the Collector
of Customs at San Francisco to permit
the usual bond. The Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company will be responsible for all
goods transported under bond over the
entire route through Canada and the
United States. In case the bond is ap-
proved an agent of the Treasury Depart
ment will be stationed at Port Moody to
supervise the trans-shipment of goods
from the steamers to the cars. This will
give competing transCOntinental route
not subject to the restrictions of the in
te state commerce commission.
wEATHER-CROP BULLETIN.
WASHINGTON, May 22.-The signal
office has issued the following weather
crop report for the week ending May 81,
1887:
empeTature-During the week ending
May u the weather has been warmer
than usual in the agricultural districts
east of the Rocky Mountains, except in
Florida and Texas, where the deficiency
in temperature averages about 20,
g daily average of about
below the normal. From the Mississippi
SSik4ley eastward to the Atlantic coast the
excess Of temperature for the week was
from % TO 80 a daily average Of about
5 warmer than usual. The excess Of
temperature for the season previously re-
ported in the East Gulf states, Tennessee
and Central Mississippi and the Lower
Missouri valley,h has been increased by the
warm weather Of the past week,
while the deficiency of temperature
previously reported for the season
in the wheat and corn regions
north of the Ohio river and in the upper
lske regions and in Iowa and Minnesota,
has been reduced, thus leaving the
thermal conditions in these sections st
the close of the week normal.
Rainfsll-During the week there has
been deficiency in rainfall in ell sec
tions east OF Missouri and the lower Mis- |
s;ssippi valley. While a slight excess is !
reported in Texas, Northern Arkansas aud |
Central Dakota, the deficiency in rainfall |
for the season is general, the only sec
tons reporting an excess being Northern |
New England, Ohio, Western Penrsyl- |
vania, Northwestern Dakota, Oregon and |
Washington Territory The large de-
fciency IN the rainfall previously reported |
in the southern states east of the Mis- |
sissippl continues.
General remaTks-In the cotton region |
east of the Mississippi more rain is |
neede d, but recent showers and warm |
weather have pat the crop in favors-
bic condition. In the West Gulf !
states the excellent weather of the past |
week has improved the crop conditions
except in Northern Arkansas, where too |
much rain is reported. In the green re
gions of the Ohio valley and in Missouri,
Kansas and Nebraska the weather during
the week has been generally favorable for
corn and wheat. In Michigan, Wisconsin
and Minnesota and Northern Illinois the |.
weather has been reported as favorable,
but crops are likely to DE inbred, owing
to the absence of rain.
INTER STATE COMMERCE.
WASHINGTON, May 22-J. W. Reagan,
re presenting the steamboat interests on
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, ad-
dressed the interstate commission briefly |
in opposition TO further sus-
pension of the fourth section as respects
the roads competing with river lines. He
submit ed affidavits in refutation of the
testimony of railroad men that the river
lines have no fixed tariffs. These show
that the steamboats, have, unfortunately
for US, tariff rate which is
made by our enemies. The affida-
vit set forth that the bOats are
governed absolutely by rates and tariffs
set by the Louisville and Nashville, the
Cincinnati Southern, the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi and the Chesapeake and Ohio
roads and their connections, and that IN
all csses the river men take the printed
rates of the roads for their guide.
The commission has received a
petition from the Traders and
Travellers Union, through Russell
?. Hoyt, its general manager,
asking that it be made party to the
proceeding brought by the Lebigh Valley
IOAu GS1luSL lLlt htdulHG TOdu, III Tel3-
ton 10 the free transportation of bag
gage; under the old arrangement between
reads and the union in excess OF $50
pounds and not exceeding 800 pounds
were allowed, the roads being relieved J.
from responsibility for loss or damage.
Petition sets forth that the proceedings
were instituted for the purpose of getting
an authoritative Interpretation Of the law,
but that the Reading Company has re-
fused so carry ont the old arrangement,
which refusal the petitioners believe was
made in order to induce the Lehigh Com
pany to withdraw It's complaints. It is 10
prevent such withdrawal that the Union
asks to be made party to the proceed
ing.
Leavitt Leonard of Mount Leonard,
Mo, dealer in improved breeds of cattle,
prefers charge against the Union Pacific
that he is charged IS per cent. above the
regular rates when shipping
cattle in improved cars pro-
Vided with apparatus for feeding